A traveler at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a Lacedaemonian, "I do not believe you can do as much." "True," said he, "but every goose can."


Remarkable Speeches - Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

Plutarch Quotes

A traveler at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a Lacedaemonian, I do not believe you can do as much. True, said he, but every goose can.

A traveler at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a Lacedaemonian, I do not believe you can do as much. True, said he, but every goose can.

A traveler at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a Lacedaemonian, I do not believe you can do as much. True, said he, but every goose can.

A traveler at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a Lacedaemonian, I do not believe you can do as much. True, said he, but every goose can.